Granby Post Office Worker Stole $40K In Money Orders: Feds

LITCHFIELD, CT — A U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced to fives years of probation for embezzling nearly $40,000 in postal money orders, according to a statement from prosecutors. Keith Sanford, 33, of Litchfield, was also ordered by the court to pay full restitution.

Between July 2017 and December 2018, Sanford was employed by the U.S. Postal Service and worked on a rotating basis at the Granby, West Granby and East Hartland Post Offices.

Between April and December 2018, Sanford issued 139 postal money orders totaling $39,937.02 to himself and, in certain instances, his associates, without remitting payment for them. Sanford received all the proceeds from this scheme, according to the statement.

Sanford pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property in June.